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| Author: Richard Matheson
Publisher: Gollancz
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  107 reviews
Sales Rank: 1434
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1857988094
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781857988093
ASIN: 1857988094
Publication Date: January 21, 1999
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| Customer Reviews:
 Hair raisingingly good stuff August 3, 2008
This is a brilliant book, that manages to transcend the boundaries of Science Fiction or Horror genres. It was way ahead of its time.
I think its impact is down to its focus- rather than a overblown description of a post-apocalyptic world where everyone has turned into vampires, it concentrates on the experience of one man. You feel the claustrophobia of Neville as he shuts himself in his house every night, and you sympathise with his loneliness as the last normal man on earth. Even if you're not someone who normally enjoys SF books, this is so well written you can't help but love it.
The ending was so good it made all the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. This isn't just a SF classic, it deserves to be an all-time classic novel.
Come out Neville! July 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this book in just a few hours and it was compelling right to the end. It's better than the film too, although it would've been nice for the pooch to survive and be Robert's companion.
As you probably know, it tells the story of the last man on Earth after a vampiric plague sweeps through the world. Robert Neville is alone and hell bent on survivng. There are a few twists and turns here too, one of them being in the form of Ruth, a woman that Robert sees wandering in daylight one afternoon. I won't give it away though!
This is truly an awesome story and well worth the read. Especially since it's only 160 pages long. Do yourself a favour and buy it now. If you enjoy this try Stir Of Echoes too, that too is better than the film. Sit back and take the phone off the hook and enjoy!
 Just leaves me with MORE questions.......but an ok boook June 11, 2008
Normally, when a film is based on a book I love the book so much more. But not this time. I have to say that I'm liking the film more this time. For anyone that hasn't seen the film or read the book........the book is nothing like the film.......and the film is nothing like the book.. If that makes sense?
The book is good, don't get me wrong. I was scared in parts. However, it's nothing like the film. If you're looking for similar, but better, read 'Salems Lot' by Stephen King.
The only thing the book and the film have in common is that they both involve a man who is probably one of the last few survivors after a virus strikes the population.
With both though, I'm left with lots of questions that aren't addressed and it's frustrating to be 'almost' at the point of knowing it all, but not quite having enough information. I read the book thinking that the unanswered questions from the film would be answered, but all it's done is given me more questions.
A great read May 30, 2008
I thouroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend that you watch the film before reading the book so you can enjoy both as I did. As mentioned there a plenty of differences between film and book but in my opinion the ending in the book is far better, more haunting. My horror reading normally revolves around Richard Laymon and Graham Masterton this was a refreshing detour of style. Buy, read, enjoy.
Great book - got me back to reading April 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm quite a fussy reader, I can give up on a book at any point for seemingly random reasons so when I find a book that I can't stop thinking about even when I'm not reading then I know it's a good un!
I don't think I can really do this book justice in a review...it just sucked me in and I couldn't stop reading it until it was finished...then I wanted to keep going!
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